Jether
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Jether is a name mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. It means: surplus; excellence.
- Father-in-law of Moses (Ex. 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.).
- The oldest of Gideon's seventy sons (Judg. 8:20).
- The father of Amasa, David's general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25).
- 1 Chr. 7:38.
- 1 Chr. 2:32; one of Judah's posterity.
- 1 Chr. 4:17.